Phil Fuster, chief revenue officer at Hitachi Vantara Federal, said federal agencies looking to better defend systems from cybercrimes should foster collaboration with industry and other agencies through sharing of threat intelligence and best practices and establish secure standardized platforms for sharing information. In a Fed Gov Today podcast aired Thursday, Fuster highlighted the need […] More

The U.S. Space Force is planning to broaden its network of commercial launch service providers beyond SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to support multiple planned missions over five years, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The service branch will add a third provider to handle more difficult launch missions under the third phase of its […] More

Aeyon Chief Transformation Officer Mark Hogenmiller said government agencies and corporations are seeing the emergence of the Social, Artificial Intelligence, Governance and Environmental framework, which calls for agency and industry leaders to collaborate to develop, understand and implement standards to advance the ethical use of AI. “By incorporating the SAGE Framework, we can accelerate the […] More

Silicon Technologies Inc. has secured a $42 million contract to help the Air Force Research Laboratory design and manufacture advanced analog and mixed-signal rad hard microelectronics. The contract aims to enable electron beam lithography capabilities to support the low-cost development of advanced analog electronics for programs that require high-mix and low-volume integrated circuits, the Department […] More

The Biden-Harris administration has received voluntary commitments from seven major artificial intelligence companies to collaborate to ensure that AI development is safe, secure and transparent. Participating companies – Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft and Open AI – will follow three major objectives to align their AI systems with standards set by the White House, the administration […] More

Sidus Space has secured a subcontract to provide Parsons with manufacturing hardware support for a U.S. Space Force rideshare payloads integration initiative. Under the award, the Florida-based satellite company will supply master harness assembly and test cables for the Launch Manifest Systems Integration program, Sidus Space said Wednesday. Parsons previously received a multi-year deal that involves […] More

Atom Computing has partnered with the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory to explore the potential applications of quantum computing to optimize the U.S. power grid. The team will research how quantum computing could be used to keep the electric grid stable and enhance decision-making on the re-routing of power during a switch or […] More

OneWeb‘s U.S. government subsidiary and a Department of the Air Force program executive office have collaborated to demonstrate the military application of commercial satellite communications equipment during Exercise Northern Edge in Alaska. OneWeb Technologies provided connectivity to the Joint Pacific-Alaska Range Complex through satcom terminals and a pathway for data transmission to support USAF’s Advanced […] More

CACI International showcased its suite of counter-unmanned aircraft systems during a technology demonstration event hosted by Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. Techstravaganza participants got the opportunity to witness how CACI’s SkyTracker Technology Suite works to protect assets from the threat of drone swarms and support national security missions, the company said Wednesday. […] More

Microsoft is collaborating with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to offer expanded cloud logging capabilities to federal and commercial customers in September. The partnership aims to bolster cyberthreat detection and prevention measures by facilitating access to critical security logs identified by CISA, the agency said Wednesday. CISA Director Jen Easterly remarked that the move […] More

Leidos has received a $36.3 million contract modification to fabricate, test and deliver four development models of a medium unmanned undersea vehicle and related equipment and data to the U.S. Navy. The modification exercises an option on a contract awarded by Naval Sea Systems Command in July 2022 in support of the Razorback UUV and […] More

Bill Rowan, vice president of public sector at Splunk, said that organizations implementing zero trust strategies will be more effective if they gradually adopt ZT security measures instead of executing them in all departments at the same time. In a Fed Gov Today interview aired Sunday, Rowan discussed the challenges that lead to varying impacts […] More